#DB4949#DB4949

#DB4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.183 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB4949
RGB	rgb(219, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 56.81, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 65.25, 29.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1664 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.183 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8020, 20.3109, 8.4952)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB4949 #49DBDB

analogous

#DB4992 #DB4949 #DB9249

triadic

#DB4949 #49DB49 #4949DB

tetradic

#DB4949 #92DB49 #49DBDB #9249DB

square

#DB4949 #92DB49 #49DBDB #9249DB

split-complementary

#DB4949 #49DB92 #4992DB

monochromatic

#8E1C1C #C12626 #DB4949 #E57C7C #EFAFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#DB4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#DB4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB4949

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB4949	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0224B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.183 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee847c',
    500: '#db4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db4949;
$custom-light: #ee847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6097,
    "c": 0.18255,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB4949

secondary

#A2DDDD

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB4949

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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